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Summary:

Evokes a sense of impending doom, the daily domestic routine of a middle-aged widow. Her chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her grown son, and turning the occasional trick. Her life is beginning to break down.

Contributors:

Mangolte, Babette , cinematographer, interviewee

Akerman, Chantal , director, screenwriter, interviewee

Paul, Evelyn , producer

Jenart, Corinne , producer

Seyrig, Delphine, 1932-1990 , actor

Decorte, Jan , actor

Storck, Henri , actor

Doniol-Valcroze, Jacques , actor

Bical, Yves , actor

Frey, Sami, 1937- , cinematographer

Margulies, Ivone

Janus Films

Paradise Films

Helene Films > Unité Trois

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

French
English

Language Notes:

French dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Included Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Matter of time [by Margulies, I.]

Cinéma de notre temps (Television program)

Autour de Jeanne Dielman

Saute ma ville

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 484

Subjects:

Widows — Belgium — Brussels — Drama

Mothers and sons — Belgium — Brussels — Drama

Chores — Belgium — Brussels — Drama

Cooking — Belgium — Brussels — Drama

Prostitution — Belgium — Brussels — Drama

Widows

Mothers and sons

Chores

Cooking

Prostitution

Belgium — Brussels

Genres:

Feature films

Fiction films

French language films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital Mono.

Performers:

Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical.

Production Credits:

Editor, Patricia Canino ; sound editor, Alain Marchal ; art direction, Philippe Graff.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.
Special features: Disc 1. Restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Chantal Akerman. Disc 2. "Autour de Jeanne Dielman:" a 69-minute documentary shot by actor Sami Frey and edited by Agnes Ravez and Akerman, made during the filming; "Chantal Akerman : on Jeanne Dielman" interview with Chantal Akerman; "Chantal Akerman on filmmaking" excerpted from a 1997 episode of the French television program Cinéma de notre temps; "Chantal Akerman and Delphine Seyrig" segment from the 1976 French television program Les rendez-vous du dimanche where Akerman and Seyrig discuss their work on Jeanne Dielman; "Babette Mangolte" interview with cinematographer Babette Mangolte; "Natalia Akerman" interview with Chantal Akerman's mother; "Saute ma ville" short film directed by and starring Chantal Akerman. Booklet: "A matter of time" by film scholar Ivone Marguilies.
Gift: University of North Texas. College of Visual Arts and Design, October 2012.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

PN1997 JEA 1976 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604651775
1604651776

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515048019
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC1825D

OCLC Numbers:

1013388672
369176557 [Invalid]